Savings-bank.



L 0. BURNS,

SAVNGS BANKu APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, .1.906.

PATENTE) A?R. '7, 1908 OWEN BURNS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

specification of Letters Patenti.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed February 14, 1906. Serial No. 300,985.

To alt Iwhomy it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, OWEN BURNS, a citizen i vof the Unitedl States, residing at Chicago, in

the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new `and useful Im rovenients in Savings-Banks, of which the ollowmg 1s a specification.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision, in a savings bank, of a series of coin receptacles of im roved construction.

Another object of t e invention is the production of improved means for preventing the unauthorized removal of coins from a savings bank.

A further object is the provision in a savings bank of improved locking means.

The invention also relates to the other and further improvements in banks hereinafter .set forth.

In the accompanying, drawings Figure 1 is a vertical central section through a savings bank embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the bank, on dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmental side elevation of said bank. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the means for preventing the removal of coins from the bank through the coin slots.

rlhe embodimentherein shown of my invention comprises a body portion 1 having cylindrical side walls 2, an upper end wall 3 and a lower end wall 4. In this instance the side walls 2 and thc upper end wall 3 are in- .tegral, being )ressed from sheet steel. The lower end wail 4 is removable, and is locked in position by means of a post .5 ixed to the up :er side of said lower end wall and eentrzllly thereof, which post has an annular locking groove (i 1n its upper end adapted to ,the locking device 7.

receive the bolt (not shown) of a locking dcvice 7 secured to the under side. of the top wall 3. 'l`he opening 8 in the lock easing, through which the post 5 extends, is central of the top wall Si. 'lhe bottom wall 4 beimr circular and the locking devices centra thereof, said bottom wall may be pla-ced in proper 4position for locking, and the post 5 placed in operative position with relation to the locking device .7 without particular attention tlmreto on the art of` the operator. In the, upper wall 3 is a ey-hole E) for` the rc.- ception of a key (not shown) for operating 'lhe interior of the body ortion is partitioned oll` to rovide a plura ity of compartien'ts'vlO eaci for receiving-coins ol' a oarticular denomination. In the present instance nine such compartments are provided, namely, one for half-dollars, one for quarter-dollars, two for dimes, two for nickels and three for one-cent pieces, but it will be understood that more or fewer coinreceptacles may be provided, as desired. The partitions 11 forming said compartments'are herein represented as formed from a strip of sheet metal suitably bent or crimped to rovide pockets which, in conjunction wit the side walls 2 of the body portion 1, constitute the compartments 10. The ends of said sheet-metal strip are secured together by a rivet 12 or by soldering or other suitable means; The partitions 11 are. held in place by means of a ring 13 secured to the side walls 2 in any desired way, as by means of screws 11 extending. through said walls into said ring. In the ring 13 are formed notches 15 in which the ends of the partitions lie, and said partitions also are notched to receive the ring 13, whereby said partitions are secured against both vertical \and sidewise displacement. Above the ring 13 is cut in thc side walls 2 a coin slotv 16 for each of the compartments 10, through which slots coins may be inserted into said comartments. In order to preclude the possiiiility of coins being removed from the bank through the coin slots 16 I provide for of the compartments 10 a plurality of pins 17 slidably seated in openings 1S in the ring 13. Said pins have heads 19 by which they are supported when the bank is in its proper position, as shown in Fig. 1, and said pms are of such length as to prevent their leaving the openings 1S when the bank is inverted, as shown in Fig. 4.

Preferably, the compartments l() are designa-ted and distinguished by placing upon the side walls 2 beneath each coin slot 16 the mar s may be placed beside. the openings 20, a

to indicate the value of a pile of coins of different heights. Y w i l In use, coins aredepositcd in the bank by pushing them through the coin slots 16y into the appropriate compartment 10. An eil'ort to remove the coins through the slots 16 by inverting and shaking the bank is rendered `unavailing by the pins 17, said pins dropping into contact with the upper Wall 3 of the body portion of the bank and eiiectually obstructmg thc slots. 'Io Withdraw the'coins from the bank the locking device 7 is operated by means of a key to disengage the bolt of said device from the ost 5, whereupon the bod portion may be lifted from the bottom wa l 4, exposing the coins.

I am aware of Patent No. 758,340 issued on 1c April, 1904, to Robert John Thoni son,

and I do not claim the parts'and com inai tions of parts therein shown.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a savings bank, in combination, av

body.portion having' cylindrical side Walls; a rino* secured to the inner face of said cylindrieiil` side Walls, said ring being notched; and partitions having notched portions adapted to extend into the notches of said ring, t

2. In a savings bank, in combination, cylindrical side Walls; an upper end Wall -fixed to said side Walls; a lower end wall;

below said coin slot; and a pluralityv of obstructing members slidably mounted in-said member.

4. In a savings bank, in combination, a series of coin compartments having lside Wallsfprovided with a coin slot in one side at the upper end of' each compartment; a member extending around the side walls of said compartments; and a plurality of obstructing members Inovably supported in said first mentioned member, normally out of operative position, but arranged to obstruct said coinslot When the bank is inverted.

5. In a savings bank, in combination, a body portion having cylindrical side Walls and coin slots in said side Walls; an annuiar series of coin-receiving compartments in said body ortion; a ring secured to the inner face oilp said cylindrical side Walls adjacent to members movably attached to said ring and adapted to obstruct said coin slots.

6'. In a savings bank, in combination, a body portion havin@r cylindrical side walls and coin slots in said side `Walls; an annular -series of coin-receiving com artments in said body ortion; a ring secure( to the inner face of said) cylindrical side Walls 3 and Va plurality of pins slidably seated in openings in said ring and adapted to obstruct said coin slots.

OWEN BURNS. Witnesses L. L. MILLER, M. M. DALEY.

and below said coin slots; .and obstructingv 

